Jamal khashoggi, the civil war in yemen and Irans Nuclear program. All right. Good morning, everyone. I am gina, the vice chairwoman of the board of the middle east policy council. Im pleased to welcome you to this, our 97th quarterly capitol hill conference. Our topic today is the United States Saudi Arabian relationship. Over the last 40 years, many of us have observed and supported this relationship from deepening our counterterrorism operation to championing womens rights. The challenge on each side has been to reconcile close, effective cooperation on National Security issues while remaining faithful to two very different value systems. Under the current leadership of both countries, these tensions have been brought into sharp focus. The nature of our military cooperation, human rights violations, addressing regional bad actors and more demand attention and likely change. These issues are ripe for informed dispassionate review and we are fortunate to have an experienced group of p
Tension and change. Tose issues are from form dispassionate view and we are fortunate to have an experienced group of panelists today. They affect the approach to saudi arabia, its relationship and future. Before i turn to todays program, i want to say a few words about the council. The council was established in 1981 for the purpose of promoting dialogue and education. We have three flagship programs. Our quarterly, capitol hill conference, a quarterly journal, middle east policy which jesses wrong reputation and can be found in 15 dozen libraries worldwide. Our education outreach program. It provides Educational Resources in the middle east, targeted to students and teachers. Visit us on our website. At teacheach program mideast. Org. Todays event. To this program is being live streamed on a website. I welcome all of you who have joined us on mine. Proceedings will be posted on video and transcript form will be posted. An edited transcript will be published in the next issue of our j
In fact, the date proposed is the day before Super Tuesday. How do you think this is going over for the former president and his team right now . That could force him to lose a very critical election window ahead of, you know, actually determining who the nominee is. In march, trial date for the disgraced four times indicted x president had to count there. Laura its like they are all ready to pop. They do have that special glow. They are expecting that trumps legal troubles will deliver a surprise next year this handicaps donald trump. It hurts donald trump. This is a general election challenge for the president that likely emboldens the incumbent joe biden. Laura these selfproclaimed defenders of democracy, they want you to believe that their priority is restoring respect and dignity to journalism and to politics. Its going to be justice for all. But, when you listen coastally, you see what they are really all about. They are really accusing trump of what they, themselves are. Just Ve
President is a liar and not to be trusted ever we will explain and we have highlights of his most recent and frankly most egregious lies about the border and his son and blaming the nationwide crime wave that he created of course on donald trump in also tonight biden, obama and clinton fundraising in donald trump was visiting the wake of the slain nypd officer and will have reaction straight ahead and also joining us with more on joes transgender day of ability proclamation and we have a copy of it. Laura responding to a nasty violent attack and the speaker of the house Micah Johnson has a message for the president who just called him uninformed and we will see who was uninformed but first well turn our attention to what is joe bidens most blatant lie of all is yesterday millions of americans celebrating easter which is the holiest holiday in all christianity but the white house are busy promoting another celebration frankly one they made up on Easter Sunday selfproclaimed devout catho
Specifications and canning time, german coalfired power plants are coming back into operation, dirty heating is better than none, the cold is approaching. In russia , support measures for teachers will be expanded, the state will continue to develop School Education in general, Vladimir Putin stated this in a video message on the occasion of teachers day. This holiday is celebrated today in our country. According to the president , it is the talent, professionalism and. Stifling of teachers that are especially important for the development of russia. Teacher, we often talk about this, and this is indeed exactly so, not just a profession, it is a calling, a noble, most Important Mission in its essence. And your school mentors, their advice, sincere participation, we invariably, even after many years, remember with love. The talent, professionalism, concern of those who. Now working with children and adolescents, all this is very important in order to preserve the continuity of generatio